Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!olivea!mintaka!geech.ai.mit.edu!rjc From: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT >> 386SX Message-ID: <1991Mar17.021408.25763@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 17 Mar 91 02:14:08 GMT References: <1002@stewart.UUCP> Sender: daemon@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Lucifer Maleficius) Organization: The Internet Lines: 34 In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >Then buy more disk space!! The NeXT comes in either 105MB, 200MB, >400MB, or 660MB configurations. Why buy a cheap Unix machine and >another "neat" computer when you can have everything in one box? > >-Mike > I think the major point is, the NeXT's $3200 price tag for the smallest model is its biggest selling point. It's a marketing innovation, but when one adds the cost of the extra hardware to make it a usable machine (for personal use, not in a lab environment) the advantage is lost. BTW, I have been reading lots of reports lately that several companies are about ready to deliver 040 cards for the A3000 and A2000. The A3000 cards seem to be priced at about $995 list. The A2000 card was about $3000. (no doubt it has 8mb ram, a cache, scsi controller, and large HD) So now you can buy an A3000-25/50($2500) and a GVP 040 card($995 list, probably $700-800 street). Total $3200-3300 Check the April Amigaworld for more info. GVP, Supra, and PPS are gearing to sell 68040 cards for the A3000/ I hope Commodore produces a 68040 A3000. It would be cheaper than adding a card since Commodore has the bucks to by 68040's in large quantities, and integrating it would drop the cost of the support circuitry required for cards. Even more interesting... I was at a book store yesterday purchasing magazines. While I was browsing the video and computer sections, I noticed the Video Toaster everywhere. It was being reviewed in Amazing, Camcorder Magazine, Byte, Radio Electronics, and a few others. Sheesh, NewTek's marketing is to be commended. I've never seen such Amiga coverage in non-Amiga specific magazines.